WET weekly blog (news and views from the WET team) – live on April 30th
This year's Hot Debate, organised by Lincoln Envirotown as part of Earth Hour 2012, is on the topic of The Future of Food in Canterbury. It's on Thursday March 29th at 7.30pm at Lincoln and full details are on the Lincoln University website. Doors open at 7pm. To find out more about what's happening for [...]
Environment Canterbury is hosting a series of focus group meetings to assist with making recommendations about the rules that will be included in the the Selwyn-Waihora chapter of the Land and Water Regional plans to limit the nutrient loads reaching the waterways. Further information about the process and the scenarios that will be discussed is [...]
As part of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy, the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee has funding of $100,000 per year for four years (2011-2015) to support projects through the Immediate Steps biodiversity protection and restoration programme. The Immediate Steps programme aims to protect and restore freshwater biodiversity and water-use affected terrestrial biodiversity in Canterbury. The Selwyn-Waihora Zone [...]
‘Central Plains Water Enhancement Scheme: the environmental benefits of managing, monitoring and enhancing irrigation practice within the Central Plains Area’. A chance for WET Trustees, members and anyone else who is interested, to find out more about the controversial Central Plains Water scheme. Monday February 27th, 2012, 6.30pm Lincoln Events Centre, Meijer Drive, Lincoln Come [...]
Environment Canterbury is inviting landowners and community groups to apply for a share of $2 million in annual funding to protect and restore Canterbury’s unique native biodiversity. Environment Canterbury Regional Programmes Manager Stephen Hall said the Environmental Enhancement Fund – administered by Environment Canterbury’s Biodiversity Team – provides financial support to communities where it can [...]
Recent headlines in the media have highlighted the issues associated with controlling numbers of Canada geese around Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere and other water bodies. From June 9th 2011 Canada geese were moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 5 of the Wildlife Act. This means the species is no longer managed by fish and game councils [...]
A health warning has been issued by Canterbury District Health Board because of increased concentrations of toxic algae (cyanobacteria) in Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere. People and animals should avoid contact with the lake until the warning has been lifted. Further details and a media release are available from the ECan website. updated Jan 11 2012
The Selwyn-Waihora Zone Implementation Programme for water management was formally received by Environment Canterbury at its council meeting on Thursday December 15, 2011. A copy can be downloaded from the ECan website.
The full programme, including brief abstracts, has now been added to this website on a new events page - Living Lake Symposium 2011 Some presentations can be downloaded now and the rest will be made available over the next week or so.
The field trip on Saturday November 19th, organised as a follow up to the hugely successsful Living Lake, Changing Catchment symposium held earlier in the week, will head off from Lincoln at 1pm. If you are coming on the field trip, please make sure you arrive well before 1pm to collect information and be marked [...]
Lake is currently:CLOSED to the sea Latest lake level reading:0.83m msl recorded on July 17, 2023 READ MORE >>
